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In our lifetime it is incredibly important that we work towards change in our future and listen to the needs of Aboriginal people as outlined in the Uluru statement. It is important that we start listening to the needs of indigenous people and have a real focus on closing the gap between the nation's first peoples and 'white' people. We need to listen to this statement and not ignore the Indigenous people's needs and improvement requests as they are also a part of our society. Equality and necessary changes in the rights of Indigenous people are ultimately up to us as the Australian public - WE need to take real action and reform our and treatment of Indigenous Australians. We must bring more representation for Indigenous people and more constitutional changes and significant rights in line with this statement and other significant needs of the Indigenous peoples.

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Through my lifetime, I have been able to witness the positive changes being made to Indigenous Australians civil rights. Although resolved on paper, the degrasion of their society is still present, and is not fully resolved. The journey of our First Nations people was a difficult and lengthy process beginning in the early 1800s. Recognition began with white society coming to terms with the damage they had caused through Assimilation process. A huge milestone was Kevin Rudd apology in 2007. However, not much has been changed since.

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Indigenous people have struggled since the early 1800's to achieve rights that are equal to those of white society. As they continue to struggle and fight for rights I hope to see Indigenous people resolve issues in the area of healthcare to enable all people to have access to regular check ups regardless of where they live. As well as healthy food programs set up to deal with nutrition gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous people. Most importantly though we need to ensure that Indigenous students have access to a good education that can help more Indigenous students read their full potential. Every small step in gaining equality helps Indigenous people move forward and ensure that one day we live in a world were there is no Gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous people! We need to reconcile the actions of the past to ensure our society can move forward and achieve equality.

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Throughout our lifetime we are able to see the positive changes contributing to equality in Australia between White and Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians have faced inequality and injustice in previous years. Events such as the Native Title Act, Uluru statement, 1967 referendum and many others, have contributed to the recognition of the need for equality within Australia. I believe that by implementing the Uluru statement and creating equal laws will close the gap between Indigenous and white Australians and give the Indigenous Australians the recognition that they deserve within society. Since Kevin Rudd’s apology in 2008 Australia has come a long way in recognising the need for equality. Regardless of reconciliation, past policies that were implemented in Australia will always affect the Indigenous Australians.

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The journey of our First Nations people in achieving recognition was a difficult process of injustice and cruelty. I believe recognition for Indigenous citizens has improved since the 20th century when children, now recognised as the stolen generation were forcibly taken from their families and conformed into white society. The mistreatment of Indigenous Australians began with the colonisation of Australia in 1788 with the declare of Australia being terra nullius. Since then, Aboriginal people and activists have fought for rights still not fully achieved. A milestone in Indigenous recognition was Kevin Rudd’s apology in 2007 although since then progression to recognition has been extremely little.

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The progress of Indigenous Recognition in Australia has been extremely hard for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people, as they had to deal with the discrimination, prejudice and judgement from Non-aboriginals. This also includes the actions that we, as a nation, has done towards the indigenous people, such as the Stolen Generation, Assimilation, forcing Aboriginals onto reserves and the native title rights. I believe that Australia as a country has made sufficient progress in accepting Aboriginals as the traditional owners of this land, starting with Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pouring sand in Vincent Lingairri, representing the connection that Whitlam made, and the Apology that Kevin Rudd made in 2008, formally apologising for the treatment of Indigenous people in the past. 

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The progress of Indigenous Recognition in Australia has been extremely hard for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people, as they had to deal with the discrimination, prejudice and judgement from Non-aboriginals. This also includes the actions that we, as a nation, has done towards the indigenous people, such as the Stolen Generation, Assimilation, forcing Aboriginals onto reserves and the native title rights. I believe that Australia as a country has made sufficient progress in accepting Aboriginals as the traditional owners of this land, starting with Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pouring sand in Vincent Lingairri, representing the connection that Whitlam made, and the Apology that Kevin Rudd made in 2008, formally apologising for the treatment of Indigenous people in the past. 

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Since the Uluru Statement of the heart, Aboriginal people have been shown very little progression of justice and the amount of recognition they have received is not enough. As they are the traditional owners of our land, in our lifetime I would like to see the Indigenous people having a stronger voice in parliament. This would make our society more inclusive of different cultures. I believe that the Uluru Statement of the Heart should be fulfilled, and we as a country should be looking to move forward by having Indigenous political leaders who are recognized for their ownership of the land and who are seen as complete equals to white people. 

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Since the Uluru Statement of the heart, Aboriginal people have been shown very little progression of justice and the amount of recognition they have received is not enough. As they are the traditional owners of our land, in our lifetime I would like to see the Indigenous people having a stronger voice in parliament. This would make our society more inclusive of different cultures. I believe that the Uluru Statement of the Heart should be fulfilled, and we as a country should be looking to move forward by having Indigenous political leaders who are recognized for their ownership of the land and who are seen as complete equals to white people. 

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-jana

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I would like to see more aboriginal people in parliament, making the decisions for what we do with our own land. I also hope to see more equality and less discrimination against aboriginals based on stereotypes. I hope they have more of a voice on what we do with the land, since aboriginals communities have a spiritual connection to the land, they would tend to take better environmental care for our country. I think that we have had an improvement in a more united community, but there needs to be further steps taken.

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I believe that in our lifetimes we should be able to see change in the treatment of aboriginal peoples in Australia, I hope that the Uluru statement is fulfilled, and the indigenous people can feel empowered and gain the recognition they deserve. I believe that moving forward we can close the gap between the white Australians and the indigenous people and recognise all the poor things the white Australians inflicted on the indigenous people this including the stolen generations. From Kevin Rudd’s apology in 2008 we have come far as a nation, but still today, the events of the past greatly affect the indigenous people today. I hope that our nation continues to move forward and seek changing the constitution, making our country more inclusive and cohesive.

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I feel that Indigenous recognition in Australia has improved a lot the past few decades. I think it is very effective to learn about the progression of Indigenous recognition in Australia in school, in order to educate future generations about the journey of our first nation's people in achieving recognition.

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I believe that within our lifetime and since the late 1900's the rights and recognitions that Indigenous people receive, have definitely increased. Although today stereotypes and expectations still get in the way in terms of white people regarding indigenous people, their rights have certainly been recognised. But the Government still needs to keep improving and enforcing these rights until ultimately indigenous people are given the same opportunities and equal rights as white people. Since Kevin Rudd's apology there has not been a lot of change, therefore I believe that still a lot of laws need to be introduced that reflect the opinions and values of Indigenous people.

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I believe that today in our society the progression of indigenous rights have improved over the past few years. However there are still some issues concerning Indigenous recognition in Australia. It is important that we build a better society in the future where it's inclusive and isn't discriminative against the Indigenous. Where schools educate the younger students of the history of the traditional owners of the land. We must acknowledge our traditional owners of the land respectfully and allow them to have their own voice. By doing we can create a future where equality is achieved.

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I feel that in school and society especially we are not educated enough on the rights of the Indigenous. In particular, in politics Indigenous are not recognised as much as they should be, and for a long time they were never given the recognition that they deserved as the first owners of this land. However, especially in our school and our curriculum we are becoming more and more educated on the struggles and rights of the Indigenous

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I believe that indigenous rights have definitely improved since the time of Assimilation and and the stolen generation. A significant effort has been made to increase the equal rights of indigenous Australians as shown

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I believe that the indigenous people of Australia should have equal opportunity as everyone else in Australia, The indigenous movement of the Uluru statement of the heart is a major example of how indigenous people must be treated and respected throughout our community. -Abby Breust

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I believe that the indigenous people of Australia should have equal opportunity as everyone else in Australia, The indigenous movement of the Uluru statement of the heart is a major example of how indigenous people must be treated and respected throughout our community. -Abby Breust

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I think that Indigenous Recognition has definitely  improved since the  Stolen Generation and the past. Since Kevin Rudd apologise in 2009 there has been very little progression to recognition. An example of this is the Uluru statement of the Heart. The people involved in this statement came up with a treaty as guidelines for further recognition and a way to work towards a united nation. This was ultimately rejected by Malcom Turnbull saying it is neither “desirable or capable of winning acceptance at referendum” and nothing has been done to work towards Indigenous Recognition since.
In order for Indigenous Recognition we need to educate in schools and society and allow these people to share their truths, stories and identity freely.

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In our society and in our schools, we are not educating the younger people of the original owners and founders of the land. It is vital that we acknowledge their past as well as how we have treated them. We must find equality and although we are in the process of Indigenous recognition we still have a long way to go in making everything right.

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In our lifetime I believe it is important to build an inclusion and non-discriminative society which is inclusive of all cultural background, in particular the traditional owners of the land the Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders. We must work together to achieve a cohesive and inclusive society by offering equal opportunity to all people. Indigenous movements like the Uluru statement is a prime example of how we must respond to the needs indigenous. As traditional owners of the land indigenous people must gain the proper respect they deserve, further action needs to be taken by the government to protect their rights. 

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In our lifetime I believe it is important to build an inclusion and non-discriminative society which is inclusive of all cultural background, in particular the traditional owners of the land the Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders. We must work together to achieve a cohesive and inclusive society by offering equal opportunity to all people. Indigenous movements like the Uluru statement is a prime example of how we must respond to the needs indigenous. As traditional owners of the land indigenous people must gain the proper respect they deserve, further action needs to be taken by the government to protect their rights. 

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- Chiara

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I believe that the indigenous people of Australia need to use their voice so that the Australian community can help better the lives of the aboriginal people. Australia needs to help the indigenous people and recognise their dire need for help , we need to focus on closing the gap and striving for equality in all aspects of their lives. However, to do this we need to acknowledge them as the traditional custodians of our land and make an improvement on the way we view other people. Although we have apologised for past mistakes we need to further our efforts in helping them and make the constitutional changes required.

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I believe that it's important to learn about Indigenous Australia, in order to work towards equality . It's important that we learn about the mistreatments of the past, as if we learn from these wrongdoings, we can prevent them in the future. Through learning about these things, as well as the extreme efforts required to achieve minor changes, we can try to bridge the gap that has grown between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

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I think that it is important to give indigenous people the voice that they deserve in our country and have an opportunity to be heard. Steps forward have been made but still much more has to be done, indigenous people have been asking for so long to have more action taken but our government has ignored and not acknowledged this, I think we should start to listen more to what indigenous people are saying as they would be heard and it would result in a more reconciled country.

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I think that it is important to give indigenous people the voice that they deserve in our country and have an opportunity to be heard. Steps forward have been made but still much more has to be done, indigenous people have been asking for so long to have more action taken but our government has ignored and not acknowledged this, I think we should start to listen more to what indigenous people are saying as they would be heard and it would result in a more reconciled country.

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- Viv

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I feel that in our lifetime, it is important that the indigenous Australians receive the opportunity to be heard and have a large impact and voice, not only within our society but within our parliament as well. Although the 2008 apology by Prime minister Kevin Rudd was a significant move forward for the indigenous people in making peace with the past, I feel that further action is needed to be taken by the government to really truly show the reconciliation and importance of the First Nations people within the Australian community. 

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I feel that in our lifetime, it is important that the indigenous Australians receive the opportunity to be heard and have a large impact and voice, not only within our society but within our parliament as well. Although the 2008 apology by Prime minister Kevin Rudd was a significant move forward for the indigenous people in making peace with the past, I feel that further action is needed to be taken by the government to really truly show the reconciliation and importance of the First Nations people within the Australian community. 

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I think that it is important to move forward, not just giving hope and opportunity to people, but actually following through with movements. Aboriginals are the rightful owners of this land and have been for the past couple of thousand years. To take this away from them based on some obscurity is not acceptable. Change must be achieved. Just like the comment ‘we asked for a vote in 1967 and asked to be heard in 2017,’ we can see that progress doesn't always lead to extensive change. The importance of drawing people together and bridging the gap between our two races is something that should have been done ages ago. Some laws have tried and failed to do so but we must keep trying until total equality is achieved.

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In our lifetime it is incredibly important that we work towards change in our future and listen to the needs of Aboriginal people as outlined in the Uluru statement. It is important that we start listening to the needs of indigenous people and have a real focus on closing the gap between first nation peoples and white people. We need to listen to such statement's and not ignore the Indigenous people's needs and improvement requests as they are a part of our society also. Equality and necessary changes in the rights of Indigenous people are ultimately up to us as the Australian public - WE need to take real action and reform our and treatment of Indigenous Australians. We must bring more representation for Indigenous people and more constitutional changes and significant rights in line with this statement and other significant needs of the Indigenous peoples.

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In our lifetime it is incredibly important that we work towards change in our future and listen to the needs of Aboriginal people as outlined in the Uluru statement. It is important that we start listening to the needs of indigenous people and have a real focus on closing the gap between first nation peoples and white people. We need to listen to such statement's and not ignore the Indigenous people's needs and improvement requests as they are a part of our society also. Equality and necessary changes in the rights of Indigenous people are ultimately up to us as the Australian public - WE need to take real action and reform our and treatment of Indigenous Australians. We must bring more representation for Indigenous people and more constitutional changes and significant rights in line with this statement and other significant needs of the Indigenous peoples.